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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Ezekial on Saturday 05 March 11 01:44 GMT (UK)
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Hi
This may seem like a daft question as the child in this photo does appear to look awfully like a little girl!!!..but!!! is there any chance at all that this child could in fact be a boy??....the photo was taken about 1925.
china
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I think it could be a boy, ... if the family was one which clung to the tradition of dressing a boy in frocks etc., until his first haircut at about two years of age (although the bow in the hair looks a bit "over the top", to me).
I may be wrong with that - other posters, please feel free to contradict, if your info or memory is better than mine! ;)
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If that is a boy he was likely subject to copious beatings and ridicule in school.
The dress, bow and hair is a bit much, unless they were going for a David Bowie look :D
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Unless it's Eddie Izzard I have to say this is a girl.I can imagine them putting a frock on a baby boy but the bow would be a step too far.This is me with a frock type arrangement and that was bad enough but the bow would have instigated serious rebellion ;D
George.
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i think it is a girl
bbbuuuuttttt
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oops
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I think in this case it is a little girl :)
I was interested to read recently the following from a 1918 womans magazine informing mothers : -
There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl.
The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger colour is more suitable for the boy, while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girl.
:) :) :)
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I'll have to keep that one, Emmeline :D
This photo is my dad, born 1922. With his brother. Yes, it's hard to tell them apart in some old photos but to answer the question...it could be a boy.
Cheers,
China
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Thankyou to everyone for your opinions....i'm still not convinced either way, i was starting to fall on the side of the photo being a girl, until i saw the photo from chinakay.!!!!
china
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This is for Seoras--- YOU ARE NOT WEARING A FROCK,THEY ARE ROMPERS,AS WORN BY BOYS.
Unless of course you want them to be a frock!!!!! Viktoria.
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Usually made as a Romper Suit with 'knickers' to match the top
All the best dressed boys wore them at one time ::)
Linda
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The garment seoras was wearing was very like a frock but whereas on a girl it would be open at the bottom hem, for a boy it would be elasticated all round and buttoned between the legs so pouching over.The fabrics were a little different for boys too and he yokes were embroidered with ducks and trains etc but girls dresses were embroidered with flowers ,fairies etc.You could tell the difference!
They usually were smocked at the chest to take in the fullness, and set into a yoke. They were the devil to iron , especially those made of rayon or cotton before the days of drip dry and non iron fabrics .
Seoras is convinced he was put into a frock for that photo.Bless him. Viktoria.
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I think it's a girl.
Carol
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I think it's a girl. I know traditions meant that families often dressed their sons in 'frocks', however the child in this picture looks to me like a girl.. you never know though ???
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Although dating from around 1908, i have photos of my great uncle Bill, as a young child, dressed in girls clothing.
Initially i thought that odd but then realised just how poor the family were at the time and that Bill was simply wearing his older sisters 'hand me downs'.
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Girl
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Hi again charlie
Are you ever going to be able to prove this one way or t'other ??? ::)
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Looks like a girl to me. Unless like Robin's gt.uncle the family was so poor that the boy had to wear his sister's hand me downs.
I've a photo of my dad and his twin sister aged about 1, they were born in 1912. (He's had his hair cut so I don't know what age that would have been done). They are both wearing beautiful broderie anglais smock type dresses, over a short sleeved top. My dad's top is a dark colour and his sister's pale. But to tell the truth it is obvious my dad is male, he just looks like a boy dressed in a girls clothes.
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yes , could be boy in my opinion , we have similar photos of boys dressed as girls
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sallyyorks - similar clothes to the ones worn by my father and his twin sister in the photo I have, except they are seated. I think your grandad and my father and his twin were much younger than the child in chinacharlie's photo who is dressed in outdoor clothes.
Here's my dad and his twin sister.
Lizzie
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Viktoria,they could have at least fastened it so it looked like a romper suit.You have no idea how many people have asked why I am wearing a frock ;D
Sally & Lizzie,and I thought I had problems ;)
George.
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Seoras -- it was fastened, honestly, that`s the way it pouched over.
The white bit peeping out underneath is your right foot.
I`m sorry if this disappoints you!!!! Aww-
I have two sons and both wore them as they were standard wear for little boys up to about one year old. Dreadful to iron.
Go and lie down in a dark room. You were dressed normally for the time.
seriously-- kind regards. Viktoria.
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OK,will do,as soon as I've ironed my romper suit ;D
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Have a whiskey, as well ;D
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Seoras, after you've seen this one I'm sure you won't feel nearly so bad. This was my grandfather!
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ps ... I have no idea what he has on his head ???
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Tea cosy I think Deb!! avec bow! ;D ::) Or an outsized Tam. !! ::)
I reckon the initial photo is of a girl - looks like a girl - China's boy looks like a boy!! I've got some beauties of dad dressed in a skirt - but it was a boy's skirt - you can tell!!
George looks like a boy in a romper suit! :P We had romper suits like that for the beach - they were great!! Yes, the boys too!!
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Seoras, after you've seen this one I'm sure you won't feel nearly so bad. This was my grandfather!
Scottish men often wear skirts anyway ! :o ::) ;D
Rachel
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I think that little boy was turned upsidedown and used to polish the floor!
I`m sorry to labour the point but a romper suit was two pieces, a top blouse/shirt and a pair of pants ,gathered and elasticated ,buttoned on to the blouse at waist height.
Rompers were just what seoras was photographed wearing ( oh yes he was!) One piece,gathered and buttoned between the legs. It mean you did not have to undress the baby when you changed its nappies. You just undid the buttons between the legs.
Cheerio, Viktoria.
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Hello Viktoria and all
Re romper-suit - I was looking at a book today with a picture of said romper suit exactly as you described.
However, the Americans must have had a different name for them as it was described as ' A 1940's cotton baby onesie ' ::)
Have never heard that term before but it's there in black and white . ::)
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sylvia
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I think the child looks like a little girl. In fact it reminds me of an old photo of me when I was a small girl.
Sue